ROSTOV-ON-DON, May 24. /TASS/. A teenager detained in the Rostov Region has testified that on instructions from the Ukrainian security service SBU he had recruited about 800 young men into Ukraine’s nationalist battalion Azov, a source in the law enforcement told TASS on Tuesday.

"He said that on instructions from the SBU he had been looking for young men ready to join Azov on the Internet. In this way he recruited about 800 men. Also, he was tasked with finding students who were ready to stage terrorist attacks at schools," the source said.

According to the regional television broadcaster Vesti.Don, whose reporter was allowed to have a word with the detainee, his handler, Vladislav, had contacts with the nationalist battalions.